PCG shares a photograph of the ill-fated FFB Dearyn, the fishing boat which collided with a industrial ship within the West Philippine Sea.
MANILA, Philippines — A fisherman who survived the lethal collision between the fishing boat he was in and an oil tanker within the West Philippines Sea mentioned he believes what occurred was an accident.
“Aksidente po talaga (It was actually an accident),” mentioned Johnny Manlolo, 40, throughout a press convention organized by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG).
Manlolo is among the 11 survivors of the maritime incident between the FFB Dearyn and Pacific Anna, a crude oil tanker registered below the Marshall Islands.
“Sa sobrang laki po siguro ng barko, hindi po nila naramdaman dahil maliit lang po ‘yung sa amin,” he famous.
(The ship was so large they didn’t really feel the influence as a result of our boat was simply small.)
Final Monday, three crew members of the fishing boat had been killed whereas one sustained minor accidents following the collision some 85 nautical miles (NM) northwest of Scarborough Shoal additionally domestically often called Bajo de Masinloc and Panatag Shoal or 180 NM from Agno, Pangasinan.
The fishing boat, which was moored to a “payao” or a fish aggregating gadget, ultimately capsized after the collision.
“Bigla po kaming tumaob, nalaglag na po kami lahat sa tubig, hindi na po alam ang mga sumunod na nangyari, kanya kanya na lang po kaming languyan,” he recalled.
(The boat instantly capsized, we had been thrown off the water, we didn’t know what occurred subsequent — we simply all swam without delay.)
“Nakasampa naman ako sa bangka namin na nakataob, at yung kasama ko pong isa, nakalabas din po siya doon sa bangka namin.
(I managed to climb the capsized boat, and one in all my fellow fisherfolk managed to get out of it.)
“Kinakatok ko po ‘yung bangka namin kung could tao po ba sa loob. Nakailang katok po ako sa bangka, could sumagot po na isa … gumawa na po siya ng paraan para makalabas.
(I used to be knocking on the boat to see if there have been individuals inside. I knocked just a few instances, somebody answered, and he discovered a option to exit.)
“Ang ginawa naming tatlo, umakyat na lang kami sa taas, para doon na lang po kami magpa-umaga,” Manlolo recalled.
(The three of us climbed above the capsized boat to attend till morning there.)
The our bodies of the three victims are delivered to shore on Tuesday in Infanta, Pangasinan. —PCG PHOTO
The three different fishermen didn’t make it: one was discovered lifeless, whereas the 2 others had been trapped contained in the boat.
“Lumutang po yung kasama naming matanda, patay na. Ang nangyari po, wala na po kaming magawa doon sa matanda, tinali na lang namin siya, para hindi lumayo yung kanyang bangkay,” he additional narrated.
(Our previous fellow was discovered floating; he’s already useless. What occurred was, we didn’t know what to do together with his stays, we simply tied him up so his stays wouldn’t float away.)
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“At yung dalawa po na kasama namin, yung kapitan at ‘yung pamangkin niya po, hindi na po nakalabas; hindi na din po namin magawang sisirin, dahil mahina na din po kami,” he added.
(And two of our fellow fishers — the captain and his nephew — didn’t handle to exit. We couldn’t dive to try to get them since we had been already weak.)
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